Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative

Category: Introductions

  • Micayla Spiros | New CHI Fellow 2020-2021

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    Hello! My name is Micayla Spiros and I am a fellow in the Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) fellowship initiative for the 2020-2021 school year. I am a third year doctoral student in the Anthropology Ph.D. program with a specialization in forensic anthropology. My dissertation research focuses on growth and development of the human skeleton and…

  • Hello CHI Fellowship!

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    [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_font_size=”52px” meta_text_color=”#000000″ background_color=”#e09900″ text_orientation=”center” title_text_shadow_style=”preset4″ meta_text_shadow_style=”preset3″][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.2″ _module_preset=”default”] As individuals and as a field, we must interrogate our work to ensure that we are not ourselves complicit in the neoliberal practice of naming problems in order to evade their resolution (Matthew K. Gold…

  • Hi from Elise Dixon — Senior CHI Fellow

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    Hi all! My name is Elise Dixon. I’m a 5th year PhD candidate in Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, and a second-year returning fellow at CHI. I’m thrilled to be back at CHI– it has been one of my favorite experiences as a graduate student at MSU. My favorite part about CHI was developing some…

  • Hi from Dani, a New CHI Fellow

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    My name is Dani M. Willcutt. I am a second year Ph.D. student in the History Department, and I am very happy to be a CHI Fellow for the 2019-2020 year. Broadly speaking, I study food and culture. I received my Master’s in Gastronomy from Boston University where I also received a master’s certificate in…

  • Kyeesha Wilcox | New CHI Fellow 2019-2020

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    My name is Kyeesha, and I am a second year master’s student in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University. My research focuses on the racial, socioeconomic and environmental factors related to diabetes in urban areas at the census tract level. Using quantitative methods and GIS [a geographic information system],…

  • Jeff Painter- New CHI Fellow

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    Hi! My name is Jeff Painter and I am a 6th year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University. I am a new CHI fellow this year, and am excited to learn all about digital approaches to cultural heritage and develop new skills. Outside of CHI, I am an archaeologist whose…

  • Autumn Painter – Returning CHI Fellow

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    Hello again! My name is Autumn (Beyer) Painter and I am a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology. This is my third year participating as a CHI fellow; I was a fellow from 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. I am also the current Campus Archaeologist for Michigan State University. My dissertation research focuses on…

  • Brian Geyer: Let’s Do This for a Fourth Time

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    Hello everyone! My name is Brian Geyer and I am an 8th year anthropology graduate student here at Michigan State University. I first unofficially participated in the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowship in 2013-14, and was previously a fellow in 2014-15 and in 2017-18. My dissertation research is still titled Intersectional Identity Among Kenya’s Technology Industry…

  • Daniel Fandino and CHI Part III: Days of Futures Past

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    Greetings once again fellow traveler on the great ocean of knowledge that is the internet! I am Daniel Fandino, a third year PhD student with the History Department at Michigan State University. Coincidentally, this is also my third adventure with the CHI Fellowship, as my affiliation with the fellowship coincided with my start with MSU.…

  • Sandy Burnley–New CHI fellow

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    Hi everyone. My name is Sandy Burnley. Sorry for the “late” post. Technology easily confuses me so this should be a fun semester. As for things with which I am a little more familiar: I am a fifth year doctoral candidate in the English Department with a certificate in Animal Studies. Broadly speaking, my research…